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Everyone. Im jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. And president obama warned today americas latest incursion into iraq will not be brief. Airstrikes on isis and airdrops for the people they have trapped began yesterday. They will likely continue now for months. Tonight, late word of four u. S. Airstrikes, this time targeting isis armored personnel carriers. The isis militant are members of the sunni branch of islam, at war not just with iraqs shiite majority but also with other ethnic and religious minorities including kurds, christians and yazidis. Their ultimate goal is an Isla...

And our military has stepped up assistance to the kurds as they continue their fight. Our humanitarian help continues to help the men, women, and children stranded on mount sinj sinjar. We have had two successful drops delivering meals and water to the thousands is of desperate men and women and children and we are positioned to strike isis terrorists around the mountain to help the forces break the siege, and rescue those who are trapped there. Now, even as we deal with the immediate situations, we will continue to pursue a broader strategy in iraq. We will protect our american citizens in ir...

President obama. Well hear about his game plan for degrading and eventually defeating the Terror Organization after weeks after mixed messages and rising tide of calls for action. The prime time address will be his best chance to prove once and for all he does indeed have a strategy to combat this growing threat. Whatever the president s plan, air superiority will be the key. Air strikes are already underway in iraq. Now as i said, u. S. Officials say air strikes in syria are a real possibility. The sales job is not limited to the american taxpayers. The top diplomat john kerry is in baghdad. ...

Desperate situation as dozens of refugees flood into macedonia try to find somewhere to call home in europe. Im George Howell. This is cnn newsroom. Good day to you. We begin this hour here in korea. The Demilitarized Zone. Round two is under way of talks, this effort to prevent war from breaking out. Delegates from both north and south korea met for ten hours on saturday, even as talks resumed, trying to ease these tensions, their militaries remain on high alert. Kathy novak has the latest. Set the scene for us about the hopefulness of these talks even with both militaries standing at the rea...

The United States agreed to drop sanctionsrelated charges against seven iranians being held in this country. At this point, the names of those seven individuals still not being released in the iranian or u. S. Government. Our Nic Robertson is live in vienna for us tonight. Nic, you are waiting for a significant press conference to happen, it will include irans foreign minister. What do we know . Reporter Foreign Policy chief also expected to be there, of course, they were negotiating at opposite sides of the table in the summer. We just heard from the iaea director general, dr. Yukiya amano. I...